Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-17 | Page 7 | Murder Case is Developing

I I 00 MURDER M CASE IS DEVELOPING Widow of Rector Sent Coat Cont to fo Be Dyed Witness Says SOMERVILLE N J S Aug 17 11 The state continued to call wit wit- witnesses wit witnesses nesses flosses to sustain the charge chargo that Henry De La Bruyere Car Carpender pender anti and Willie Stevens are guilty ot of the tho murders of ot Rev nev Edward Wheeler Hall and aud Mrs Mra Eleanor Mills Mrs Mra Frances Stevens Hall the tho rectors rector's widow also It la hi charged with the ibo crime but Is at liberty on ball bail while the men are aro held without bail ball The first witness today was A Collins Colllns a county detective who was sent to Philadelphia to determine whether there thero were bloodstains on a tan coat Mrs Mr Ir Hall sent there to be dyed ded black Ho lie said nothing un- un unusual unusual un unusual usual had been noticed on th thu coat but a wool shawl ho he io was told by the dyer might have had bloodstains on It that would not show through black blaek dye He said the tho dyer told him Mrs Hall hail had never ne before sent clothing to him for tor dyeing When Dr Lit William II Long the first person to view the tho bodies ot of the rector and his chorister was called a long and bitter con con- controversy controversy con controversy raged over his report ot of the finding ot of the bodies lIe was Somerset county coroner at that time It was waa alleged be lie hadnot had hadnot not reported that Mrs Idre Mills Milia throat was slashed He lie testified be did not report It It Ho lIe said uld that ho he Issued a 1 burial permit on the Sunday following the Friday on which the bodies were found Later he learned that the bodies had bad been buried burled on Sunday instead of ot on Monday which ha lie understood It had boon planned When Dr Long could not recall who he had ad seen at the tho pl pie pU tree when he viewed the bod- bod bod bodies Its irs lie h was asked by Pro Prosecutor SImpson to look around the tho court court- courtroom courtroom courtroom room and see seo it he could se ee sen any anyone anyon- anyon one who ho was there hert Hr lie pointed I out Willie Stevens Elevens